“What is going on in the world?” Post-accession migrations of the nationals of EU countries: how to measure the scale of emigration, returns and determine the destination countries?

The European Union enlargements that took place in 2004, 2007 and in 2013 were a logical consequence of the social and political transformation that started in Poland in 1989. One of the major topics arousing controversies during the negotiations and in the first years of membership was coverage of the nationals of “new” member states with free movement of workers. Also presently the issue of post-accession migrations is one of the main topics of the scientific discourse and political debate (e.g. during the election campaigns in the United Kingdom or the Netherlands). Monitoring of migration flows, i.e. determination of the scale of emigration, returns and migration paths (destination countries), proved to be one of the key challenges in the debate. It turned out the free movement of workers combined with lifting of border checks (the Schengen Agreement) poses a problem for the researchers who monitor migrations flows. It is particularly challenging to develop comparative reports, e.g. ones analysing similarities and differences within the EEC region. 

The conference will be given by Maciej Duszczyk, deputy director of the Institute of Social Policy and member of the Board of the Centre of Migration Research (University of Warsaw), who will discuss with Andreu Domingo, deputy director of the Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics and professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. The debate will be moderated by Núria Franco, member of GRITIM-UPF (Interdisciplinary Research Group on Immigration) and researcher at the Department of Political and Social Sciences (Pompeu Fabra University). 

Maciej Duszczyk is deputy director of the Institute of Social Policy and member of the Board of the Centre of Migration Research (University of Warsaw). From 2003 to 2007 he was deputy director of the Department of Economic and Social Analyses - Office of the Committee for European Integration (Ministry for European Affairs). From 2008 to 2011 he was member of the Board of Strategic Advisers to the Prime Minister of Poland. Visiting Professor at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg and Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and collaborator of the International Labour Organization (European Commission, International Organization for Migration). He received scholarships granted by Jean Monnet Project, Carl Duisburg Gesellschaft and the Polish Committee for Scientific Research.